Illusionist has big plans for Scots shows

then the Palace got in touch asking me to perform for the Queen’s 90th birthday.”

Darcy, who also appeared on America’s Got Talent The Champions, added: “It was insane. I was at Windsor Castle with 80 members of the Royal Family in this ballroom 10ft away from me. A forever memory.

“I did my bird act, which I’ve been working on since I was 12. I was trying not to look directly at the Queen in case I got thrown off. I was relieved when none of the doves laid an egg in her lap. I met her afterwards and she was lovely.” take it. I’ve had quite a bit of weird fan mail. One woman said she named her son after me and others got me to sign a part of their body and then got my name tattooed on them.”

Darcy got into magic by accident when he was eight years old. He said: “My dad was joking around with a deck of cards. He told me to pick a card and put it back. He picked out my card and I was blown away. He would not tell me how it worked for a month, no matter how hard I begged. I was tortured by it and then finally I learned it was a total accident, a one-in-52 chance. But by then I was intrigued and became addicted to magic.

“I found out there was a magic library and I would borrow VHS tapes of my favourite tricks, which I would watch over and over until I had learned how to do it.

“Most kids learn a little trick here and there when they are young and then grow out of it but I never did and, by 11, I was performing at kids’ parties.”